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- 15 Feb, 2017
U14s festival of hockey in Guernsey
At 8:00am on Sunday 29th January, twenty-eight excited boys descended on Jersey airport. The six strong coaching crew, warily considering the long, chilly, probably wet but hopefully enjoyable day ahead, assembled the boys into their 3 teams and with military precision escorted them through airport security, onto the plane in Jersey, off the plane in Guernsey, through the Guernsey baggage hall, onto the bus (with a squeeze) and into the Guernsey Hockey Clubhouse at Footes Lane. Perhaps astonishingly all done without a hitch.
The plan for the day consisted of a series of 7-a-side matches with a...
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- 08 Feb, 2017
Jersey O35s Trophy Success vs Yate HC
Rathbones Jersey made a very strong start to their 4th round knock out match. They had all possession for the first quarter and pressed well in their attacking end, making it very difficult for Yate to advance down the pitch. Kerry Rogers and Sarah Smith made some quick attacks, driving into the D leading to many short corners. Yate's defenders were quick off the line and stopped a lot of strikes on goal. However , Jersey eventually scored with a powerful strike from Sarah Heelis just inside the left post. Jersey continued to have most of the possession with only a few attacks from Yate in the...
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- 07 Feb, 2017
Boys’ U16 English Nationals Championships - Match Report
Rathbones Jersey Boys' U16 progress to the next round of the English National Championships.
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- 03 Feb, 2017
O35s in EH Trophy action on Sunday
Rathbones Jersey 035s are competing in the 4th round of the England Hockey Masters Trophy this Sunday against Yate Hockey Club (Bristol).
Squad: Laura Besnard (GK) Trudy Dillon-Nugent Tracey Vallois Lucy Aston Helen Richardson Zoe Smart Kelly Cutting (captain) Becky Henwood-Darts (vice captain) Ciara McQuaid Kerry Rogers Sarah Heelis Sarah Smith
Coach - Alastair Gordon-Hall
Captain Kelly Cutting said; "We expect it to be a very challenging game. We expect them to have some very good individual players. We have played well in our recent training matches and are excited about playing in the UK a...
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- 01 Feb, 2017
Jersey U16 Boys Inter Insular Report
Guernsey 3, Jersey 3
The inaugural U16s Junior Hockey mixed festival took place in Guernsey on Sunday with Rathbones Jersey’s youngsters defending both trophies. Following the two main Girls and Boys Inter Insulars were two mixed matches as the finale to the day.
Immediately after the Jersey Girls’ disappointing and close defeat, the boys took to the field determined to start fast to give themselves the best chance to retain the shield – and what a game it turned out to be. The coaches were also using this match as a very useful warm-up experience for the forthcoming Nationals Championships to...
